Research carried out by hibu showed that UK small and medium sized enterprises [SMEs] are missing out on £77 billion in combined annual revenue by ignoring customer preferences for smartphone and tablets when it comes to mobile web sites.

“In today’s world, a poor site — or one that doesn’t work on customers’ mobile devices — is an immediate turn-off, which means lost business no matter how wonderful the company’s products and services,” said Matt Anderson, hibu’s Chief Digital Officer.

The research also found that of those companies that don’t have a website, just 13 per cent are willing to get one online in the next year to 18 months.

hibu thinks it has the answer with a website solution that is tailored to SMEs and able to be viewed across any medium whether it be a smartphone, tablet, or desktop computer.

The company provides three different levels of service defined as do-it-yourself [DIY], built-it-for-me, and build-and-manage-it-for-me to give each individual business the right level of help required.

All hibu websites conform to search engine optimisation [SEO] best practices and the hibu Wave service automatically creates business pages on Facebook and Twitter as well as profiles on Google+ Local, Yelp, Scoot and many others.

Creating a DIY website with hibu Websites is free of charge with the build-it-for-me variation costing £499 and there are a variety of monthly packages available that range from £9.99 to £29.99 a month depending on the service chosen.